"A more studied outrage on the legislative authority of the people has never been perpetrated... The President, by preventing this bill from becoming a law, holds the electoral votes of the rebel States at the dictation of his personal ambition." — Wade-Davis Manifesto, August 1864
Lincoln's specific action that prompted this manifesto was:
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His pocket veto of the Wade-Davis Bill in July 1864
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His suspension of habeas corpus in Maryland
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His issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
- D
His appointment of Andrew Johnson as running mate
Explanation
Lincoln let the Wade-Davis Bill die through pocket veto by not signing it before Congress adjourned in July 1864, prompting the angry public manifesto from its sponsors.